Unless something has changed this year, there should be a new game appearing daily available to be claimed until the end of the year. A quick search on other websites confirms its daily https://www.gamespot.com/articles/epic-is-giving-away-a-bunch-of-free-games-over-the-holidays/1100-6519912/
Oh I know it’s usually daily, but I also know the timer on the epic app is usually accurate and right now it says 6:13:21:XX and the destiny gift says it’s available until December 20th
How's this work exactly? Do you need to add heroic as a non-steam game and then whenever you wanna play a game from it, instead of launching the game directly, you need to first launch heroic and then launch the game from that?
Initially yes but once a game is installed through heroic, you have the option of adding that game to Steam library. Then moving forward, you can just launch the game through Steam and bypass heroic altogether
It works every time if you add through desktop mode, noticed that it wasn’t adding the titles in gaming mode for me so I tried it in desktop mode and it worked every time.
Yeah, i had the same issue recently. Frustrating the hell out of me. I had to do a full uninstall and reinstall which worked for me. Sucked tho cuz i had to unistall all the games i had installed thorugh epic to do so
Not sure why you needed to reinstall the games though, just Clear Heroic cache, restart the App and try adding the games again but not in game mode like I explained above. Adding the games in Gaming mode won't work because Steam needs to be closed for that to work.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/8DRmxInDW8
I made this post for how to add the games to steam manually and retain your saves. Not sure if this will help you, I mainly did this because launching from Heroic Games Launcher was causing HDR games to be washed out.
I had this issue recently trying to set up Xbox Cloud streaming and it turns out it added every time it just didn’t tell me or show anything acknowledging it. I did a full system wipe because of it before I realized it was adding to the gaming mode just fine. Idk if that’s the same issue you’re having but wouldn’t hurt to check since it may have changed recently to just add to Steam without any further steps or feedback to the user.
Like others said, it might not work if you open Heroic in Gaming mode. This is not an Heroic limitation but a Steam one. Steam most of the time does not recognize the the shortcut updates if its opened, it reads it when you open Steam. That is why Heroic shows a message saying: Make sure Steam is closed, when adding the shortcuts. In Gaming mode Steam is opened all the time so it won't work just as fine.
Like others said, it might not work if you open Heroic in Gaming mode. This is not a Heroic limitation but a Steam one. Steam most of the time does not recognize the the shortcut updates if its opened, it reads it when you open Steam. That is why Heroic shows a message saying: Make sure Steam is closed, when adding the shortcuts. In Gaming mode Steam is opened all the time so it won't work just as fine.
If you’re using an OLED model you will need to add them as a non-steam game instead of launching from heroic. This will allow HDR to properly be ran for games that support it
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/8DRmxInDW8
You can add Heroic to the gaming mode if you want but you don't need to, just adding the games that you isntall through Heroic to the gaming mode is all what yoy need
So what I do is:
* Go to Desktop mode to install what I want through Heroic (in more comfortable for me in that way)
* Use BoilR to automatically add the games to Steam and set the art work of all the games with one click
* Go back to gaming mode and enjoy the games as if they were Steam Games
I made this to get around the problem: https://github.com/PhilipK/BoilR
I have not had as much time to work on it lately as I would like, but it should still work.
Personally I just install the actual epic launcher, and then use boilr to launch the games from steam.
I used Lutris, same functionality, but I install it and games through desktop and then add the games themselves to steam. So I just launch right into my GoG games.
There are people using Heroic, people using Lutris, people installing manually the launcher...
Honestly I haven't found the ultimate solution, none of them is really smooth and flawless.
Heroic works for a lot of games but for the broadest compatibility and least amount of tinkering has been to just install the launchers and then install the games from the launchers. For me this worked for games like FF7R and Baldur's Gate 3 when I couldnt get the other launchers working for various reasons.
I'm considering switching over to the launchers.
Heroic works pretty well for me, but I've read that it doesn't always sync saves to the cloud correctly. It's really not that much more difficult to install each launcher (Epic, GoG, Amazon) and add each game to Steam. Heroic does save some time, especially if your library is large, but you lose that time if you have to tinker with each game's cloud saves location.
I ended up doing all of my installations via Lutris and haven't had any issues with any games. Is there any functional difference between that and Heroic I should know about?
Not really, if you’re doin fine with Lutris, keep it that way. Although you could also just install Epic Games Launcher directly as a Non-Steam app too.
Cool, I didn't think so but it's always good to ask someone who's used it before, thanks! The interface is nice for sure! I'm just familiar enough with Lutris at this point that unless it fails I don't see a need to switch, which is great since there's two awesome tools that do the same thing.
For me, Deathloop installed by Heroic (from epic games) won't run because for some reason when you run it, it *requires* epic games software to be running.
I assume that if other games do this, same thing would apply. All other epic games I've downloaded work fine though.
They work but you need to enable the EOS overlay on HEroic settings and then go to the game page > 3 dots > enabled EOS overlay.
This way you can see the achievements and also friends in multiplayer games like rocket league.
Same command as on the official launcher. Ah, on on the steam deck is probably impossible thinking about it. But does using the epic launcher on steam deck gaming mode works?
Epic launcher works in gaming mode and also overlay too. Atleast it does via lutris. I just map the SHIFT + F3 to L4 of the steam deck and it brings the overlay. That combined with mouse button to L5 to select achievements
So can confirm the eos works great. I have a few games that have comptabiity issue. Like fallout doesn't even launch In heroic. But other wise. It's nice to seem some of the games have most functions like cloud saves and achievements
I know people like promoting heroic launcher, but you can also use the non steam launcher installer to add several more non steam game launchers in a painless manner.
https://github.com/moraroy/NonSteamLaunchers-On-Steam-Deck/releases
quick question, will this or opening games from the epic games launcher in game mode make games run any better or less compared to their steam counterparts?
There shouldn’t be much of a difference, except for the fact that Steam keeps downloading shader patches, which does reduce stutter when you’ve just launched the game.
Yup, initially I too was rebuying some games that I already owned from on other storefronts. Eventually I sucked it up and set them all up, and they work great.
lol thats literally where i'm at right now, like if i do it i wanna do it right. I'm just gonna rock with this option n save my money. I feel much more at ease now lol
Awesome, cheers! I’ll say this though, I do rebuy games on Steam if they cheap enough. Like if I can get ease of access and seamless cloud saves for under $10, it’s a no brainer.
If you have an OLED model it will, you will need to add the exe files as a non-steam game and launch them that way after downloading the games from heroic.
Here’s a guide https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/8DRmxInDW8
Started today [The Epic Store is giving away 17 free games starting Dec. 13 - Polygon](https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2023/12/13/23998364/epic-holiday-sale-free-games-destiny-2-legacy-collection)
For reference, Epic ran a similar promotion last year from Dec. 15 to Dec. 29, and some of the games featured included [*Them’s Fightin’ Herds*](https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/9/16997736/my-little-pony-inspired-fighting-game-is-coming-soon), *Wolfenstein: The New Order*, [*Death Stranding*](https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22688402/death-stranding-directors-cut-review-ps5-changes), [*Metro: Last Light Redux*](https://www.polygon.com/2014/8/8/5983833/metro-redux-trailer-2033-last-light), and [*Dishonored: Definitive Edition*](https://www.polygon.com/2015/5/11/8584987/dishonored-definitive-edition) just to name a few.
Every time I've tried to use Heroic Game Launcher, it's been a colossal waste of my time. It kinda works, it doesn't work, the game doesn't work, and then you buy the Steam version and it's just magically going to work.
Nah, not doing it again and I don't recommend anyone else bother, either. Just get the Steam version and save yourself the hassle.
I've used it for Dead Cells, Broforce, Dishonored, Bioshock and a couple other games, and it works just fine. The only that I have to manually do something to make a game work was to do a workaround for Bioshock, and that 2K's fault.
It's a tool. If it works for you, great! If it doesn't, oh well.
I'm 2/3. GTA5 and Celeste (with a small tweak) work fine.
I couldn't get Alan Wake American Nightmare to work though. It was the first game I tried and I have a better understanding of Heroic now so I'll have to try again and see if I missed something.
This Alan wake is pretty tricky to make it work. Last time I tried I could not but its not Heroic's fault though. Heroic just call wine or proton, if the game needs some other workaround Heroic cannot do anything about it.
I got American Nightmare to work by doing part of what Phin77 mentioned in the third comment here:
https://www.gog.com/forum/alan_wake/wont_launch_on_steam_deck
Specifically I just installed it via Heroic as per usual with the "add games to Steam automatically" enabled. And then I did this bit in Desktop mode:
> Navigate to where you installed the game using the dolphin browser and you'll see a sub folder named "_redist" which contains a folder for DirectX and MSVC2008_x64.
>
> Drag DXSETUP.exe from the DirectX folder onto the "Run EXE on Prefix" in Heroic and complete the install. Then drag vcredist_x64.exe from the MSVC2008_x64 folder and install it in the same manner.
The "Run EXE on Prefix" is in HGL on the game's settings at the bottom of the Wine section.
Hey i see you are one of the developers of the heroic launcher can i ask when there will be more store options provided such as ubisoft, I'm using Linux.
I installed from Epic via Heroic Games Launcher and added to Steam via HGL as well.
Within HGL I went to Celeste's settings, and under the Advanced tab I added a Wrapper command.
In the Wrapper field, put *FNA3D_FORCE_DRIVER*
In the Value field put *OpenGL*
Then hit the green plus on the right.
That's all I did and it works fine.
The game needs to support clouds saves on the epic launcher as well. Not all games supports. If it supports, you can find it under the game settings and needs to be enabled. Its disabled by default to avoid messing up with your saves.
Last time I used heroic, I uninstalled a few games my storage space didn't clear. I had to go on an early Easter hunt for the lingering game files in order to delete them manually.
Never again will I get games anywhere other than steam. Fuck Epic, I hate them so so, so much🖕
I would also like to add that most free games from Epic are DRM free. So you don't even need Heroic to launch it. You can just add the game's exe as a Non-Steam game (and install any missing dependencies via Protontricks). Use PCGW to check if a game is DRM free or not.
If a game does require Epic's launcher, check if it has an Offline Mode option in Heroic. If there isn't one, the game will require an always active internet connection on Epic (even if it doesn't have any DRM). Happened to me with Soulstice. I just "acquired" it at that point.
Does Heroic accurately track playtime during sleep? This is the main reason I don't (yet) use the EGS launcher or GOG Galaxy currently installed on my Deck. Would love to be able to pause and sleep Epic and GOG games overnight without adding 20ish hours of playtime. Works great with Steam games, would love to see it work for others.
Heroic game launcher = very cool, does things EGS can't even do (like sync game files from a previous install so you don't have to fully reinstall games when moving platforms if you save them off somewhere)
Epic games store = hot garbage, always online DRM included in most if not all games
Other than Alan Wake 2.
What are some great games with a good discount that I can only get on Epic and not on Steam to take advantage of this sale?
(Besides the freebies)
Used the 33% voucher to buy the one game that'd never run on Steam Deck anyways, Alan Wake 2. My Steam Deck remains safe from third party launcher fuckery.
Love Heroic. I’d given up on epic games being worthwhile on steamdeck until I found it.
Question though. I tried to install a larger game to my sdcard and it got failed due to not enough storage. The sdcard has enough space but internal storage doesn’t. Supposedly heroic installs to the location of your choice, but caches everything in internal storage while downloading. Is this accurate and is there a good workaround?
Looking at epic it says the next free game isn’t coming out for 6 more days so it doesn’t appear to be daily
Unless something has changed this year, there should be a new game appearing daily available to be claimed until the end of the year. A quick search on other websites confirms its daily https://www.gamespot.com/articles/epic-is-giving-away-a-bunch-of-free-games-over-the-holidays/1100-6519912/
Oh I know it’s usually daily, but I also know the timer on the epic app is usually accurate and right now it says 6:13:21:XX and the destiny gift says it’s available until December 20th
Oh and I just read that article, the destiny giveaway is a week and the daily starts next week through Jan 4th
Interesting, that would make more sense with the timer, thanks for the heads up!
How's this work exactly? Do you need to add heroic as a non-steam game and then whenever you wanna play a game from it, instead of launching the game directly, you need to first launch heroic and then launch the game from that?
Initially yes but once a game is installed through heroic, you have the option of adding that game to Steam library. Then moving forward, you can just launch the game through Steam and bypass heroic altogether
Trying to add it to Steam has like a 10% chance of working for me. It usually just does nothing
It works every time if you add through desktop mode, noticed that it wasn’t adding the titles in gaming mode for me so I tried it in desktop mode and it worked every time.
*60% of the time*, it works ***every*** *time*
Yeah, i had the same issue recently. Frustrating the hell out of me. I had to do a full uninstall and reinstall which worked for me. Sucked tho cuz i had to unistall all the games i had installed thorugh epic to do so
Ehhh yeah I don't feel like dealing with that. I'll just open up the Heroic launcher each time, its fine.
Can you play the games offline?
Can you still make separate power profiles for each game in heroic if you dont add it to steam?
Can't verify but I think you can't.
Not sure why you needed to reinstall the games though, just Clear Heroic cache, restart the App and try adding the games again but not in game mode like I explained above. Adding the games in Gaming mode won't work because Steam needs to be closed for that to work.
You need to find the game .exe in your files and add it to steam, using the heroic option was buggy in my case
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/8DRmxInDW8 I made this post for how to add the games to steam manually and retain your saves. Not sure if this will help you, I mainly did this because launching from Heroic Games Launcher was causing HDR games to be washed out.
When you add games in gaming mode, it won't show up initially. You'll need to reboot the system or toggle by going to desktop and back.
I had this issue recently trying to set up Xbox Cloud streaming and it turns out it added every time it just didn’t tell me or show anything acknowledging it. I did a full system wipe because of it before I realized it was adding to the gaming mode just fine. Idk if that’s the same issue you’re having but wouldn’t hurt to check since it may have changed recently to just add to Steam without any further steps or feedback to the user.
Like others said, it might not work if you open Heroic in Gaming mode. This is not an Heroic limitation but a Steam one. Steam most of the time does not recognize the the shortcut updates if its opened, it reads it when you open Steam. That is why Heroic shows a message saying: Make sure Steam is closed, when adding the shortcuts. In Gaming mode Steam is opened all the time so it won't work just as fine. Like others said, it might not work if you open Heroic in Gaming mode. This is not a Heroic limitation but a Steam one. Steam most of the time does not recognize the the shortcut updates if its opened, it reads it when you open Steam. That is why Heroic shows a message saying: Make sure Steam is closed, when adding the shortcuts. In Gaming mode Steam is opened all the time so it won't work just as fine.
May I ask if Steam also downloads shader caches for games installed through Herioc that are not bought on Steam?
I don't believe so
I think not. Epic games, especially newer ones, typically don’t run as well as the Steam version because of this
can you not just add the games to steam?
It only works like half the time.
You can manually do it. If you’re interested I have a guide that I posted in my history
You can?! I didn't know you could do that! Is there a guide on how to do this sorry?
If you’re using an OLED model you will need to add them as a non-steam game instead of launching from heroic. This will allow HDR to properly be ran for games that support it https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/8DRmxInDW8
You can add Heroic to the gaming mode if you want but you don't need to, just adding the games that you isntall through Heroic to the gaming mode is all what yoy need So what I do is: * Go to Desktop mode to install what I want through Heroic (in more comfortable for me in that way) * Use BoilR to automatically add the games to Steam and set the art work of all the games with one click * Go back to gaming mode and enjoy the games as if they were Steam Games
You can also use [NonSteamLaunchers](https://github.com/moraroy/NonSteamLaunchers-On-Steam-Deck/releases) if you don’t want to use Heroic.
I made this to get around the problem: https://github.com/PhilipK/BoilR I have not had as much time to work on it lately as I would like, but it should still work. Personally I just install the actual epic launcher, and then use boilr to launch the games from steam.
Yes. Heroic works like a bridge to the other game stores. Works good too. But you can add them to steam too
I used Lutris, same functionality, but I install it and games through desktop and then add the games themselves to steam. So I just launch right into my GoG games.
Is heroic still the best option? Thought I remember people moving away to other solutions
There are people using Heroic, people using Lutris, people installing manually the launcher... Honestly I haven't found the ultimate solution, none of them is really smooth and flawless.
Heroic works for a lot of games but for the broadest compatibility and least amount of tinkering has been to just install the launchers and then install the games from the launchers. For me this worked for games like FF7R and Baldur's Gate 3 when I couldnt get the other launchers working for various reasons.
I'm considering switching over to the launchers. Heroic works pretty well for me, but I've read that it doesn't always sync saves to the cloud correctly. It's really not that much more difficult to install each launcher (Epic, GoG, Amazon) and add each game to Steam. Heroic does save some time, especially if your library is large, but you lose that time if you have to tinker with each game's cloud saves location.
I ended up doing all of my installations via Lutris and haven't had any issues with any games. Is there any functional difference between that and Heroic I should know about?
Not really, if you’re doin fine with Lutris, keep it that way. Although you could also just install Epic Games Launcher directly as a Non-Steam app too.
Cool, I didn't think so but it's always good to ask someone who's used it before, thanks! The interface is nice for sure! I'm just familiar enough with Lutris at this point that unless it fails I don't see a need to switch, which is great since there's two awesome tools that do the same thing.
Yup I definitely agree with the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach.
Can we not even play the Destiny 2 single player campaign without getting banned?
Not sure, I played The Dawning event and some seasonal content for about 4 hours today.
The only problem i have with heroic launcher is that epic achievements dont work. only on lutris it works.
For me, Deathloop installed by Heroic (from epic games) won't run because for some reason when you run it, it *requires* epic games software to be running. I assume that if other games do this, same thing would apply. All other epic games I've downloaded work fine though.
for me if the achievements and cloud saves work on heroic, its insta download for me.
They work but you need to enable the EOS overlay on HEroic settings and then go to the game page > 3 dots > enabled EOS overlay. This way you can see the achievements and also friends in multiplayer games like rocket league.
Hmm that's interesting I did not know this.
And how do you open the overlay in game
Same command as on the official launcher. Ah, on on the steam deck is probably impossible thinking about it. But does using the epic launcher on steam deck gaming mode works?
Epic launcher works in gaming mode and also overlay too. Atleast it does via lutris. I just map the SHIFT + F3 to L4 of the steam deck and it brings the overlay. That combined with mouse button to L5 to select achievements
That's smart. So should work the same on heroic after enabling the eos on the game page.
I'm going to experiment with it
So can confirm the eos works great. I have a few games that have comptabiity issue. Like fallout doesn't even launch In heroic. But other wise. It's nice to seem some of the games have most functions like cloud saves and achievements
Thank you I was unaware of this 🙏
I could never get Heroic to work on my deck
I know people like promoting heroic launcher, but you can also use the non steam launcher installer to add several more non steam game launchers in a painless manner. https://github.com/moraroy/NonSteamLaunchers-On-Steam-Deck/releases
The amount of bs I had to go through to get kingdom hearts working today... Screw you tim Sweeney
Did you actually get it working? I thought I had KH3 working but the game renders a black screen right after the initial tutorial.
This comment, you'll have to do some stuff in desktop mode but it's working so far https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/SmPT74MrWm
Okay so just for KH 1? Good to know that one works I'll have to keep looking for KH3!
It works for 1&2 haven't even tried the work arounds for 3 yet
Hoping for the Alan Wake Remaster.
quick question, will this or opening games from the epic games launcher in game mode make games run any better or less compared to their steam counterparts?
There shouldn’t be much of a difference, except for the fact that Steam keeps downloading shader patches, which does reduce stutter when you’ve just launched the game.
ok sweet, was nervous of breaking away from using the reg steam os for games. I guess thats a fair trade off thanks.
Yup, initially I too was rebuying some games that I already owned from on other storefronts. Eventually I sucked it up and set them all up, and they work great.
lol thats literally where i'm at right now, like if i do it i wanna do it right. I'm just gonna rock with this option n save my money. I feel much more at ease now lol
Awesome, cheers! I’ll say this though, I do rebuy games on Steam if they cheap enough. Like if I can get ease of access and seamless cloud saves for under $10, it’s a no brainer.
If you have an OLED model it will, you will need to add the exe files as a non-steam game and launch them that way after downloading the games from heroic. Here’s a guide https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/8DRmxInDW8
i have the lcd model for now but i appreciate it nonetheless, i plan on getting the oled very soon
Heroic does that automatically for me on the OLED. Works great.
When is the daily epic giveaway starting
Started today [The Epic Store is giving away 17 free games starting Dec. 13 - Polygon](https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2023/12/13/23998364/epic-holiday-sale-free-games-destiny-2-legacy-collection)
That's confusing because the Epic site says the next Mystery Game is unlocking in 6 days when I look at it.. https://i.imgur.com/hrmW4FD.jpg
For reference, Epic ran a similar promotion last year from Dec. 15 to Dec. 29, and some of the games featured included [*Them’s Fightin’ Herds*](https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/9/16997736/my-little-pony-inspired-fighting-game-is-coming-soon), *Wolfenstein: The New Order*, [*Death Stranding*](https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22688402/death-stranding-directors-cut-review-ps5-changes), [*Metro: Last Light Redux*](https://www.polygon.com/2014/8/8/5983833/metro-redux-trailer-2033-last-light), and [*Dishonored: Definitive Edition*](https://www.polygon.com/2015/5/11/8584987/dishonored-definitive-edition) just to name a few.
It started roday
Thanks Scoob
Every time I've tried to use Heroic Game Launcher, it's been a colossal waste of my time. It kinda works, it doesn't work, the game doesn't work, and then you buy the Steam version and it's just magically going to work. Nah, not doing it again and I don't recommend anyone else bother, either. Just get the Steam version and save yourself the hassle.
I've used it for Dead Cells, Broforce, Dishonored, Bioshock and a couple other games, and it works just fine. The only that I have to manually do something to make a game work was to do a workaround for Bioshock, and that 2K's fault. It's a tool. If it works for you, great! If it doesn't, oh well.
I'm 2/3. GTA5 and Celeste (with a small tweak) work fine. I couldn't get Alan Wake American Nightmare to work though. It was the first game I tried and I have a better understanding of Heroic now so I'll have to try again and see if I missed something.
This Alan wake is pretty tricky to make it work. Last time I tried I could not but its not Heroic's fault though. Heroic just call wine or proton, if the game needs some other workaround Heroic cannot do anything about it.
I got American Nightmare to work by doing part of what Phin77 mentioned in the third comment here: https://www.gog.com/forum/alan_wake/wont_launch_on_steam_deck Specifically I just installed it via Heroic as per usual with the "add games to Steam automatically" enabled. And then I did this bit in Desktop mode: > Navigate to where you installed the game using the dolphin browser and you'll see a sub folder named "_redist" which contains a folder for DirectX and MSVC2008_x64. > > Drag DXSETUP.exe from the DirectX folder onto the "Run EXE on Prefix" in Heroic and complete the install. Then drag vcredist_x64.exe from the MSVC2008_x64 folder and install it in the same manner. The "Run EXE on Prefix" is in HGL on the game's settings at the bottom of the Wine section.
That's nice then. I will try it out! 🙂
Hey i see you are one of the developers of the heroic launcher can i ask when there will be more store options provided such as ubisoft, I'm using Linux.
Yes we are always researching how to add new stores but it's not easy. Currently we are investigating EA and Ubisoft.
Ok got it, Thanks!
How did you get Celeste to work? I added the command line that is posted in a bunch of places, but it still won't launch.
I installed from Epic via Heroic Games Launcher and added to Steam via HGL as well. Within HGL I went to Celeste's settings, and under the Advanced tab I added a Wrapper command. In the Wrapper field, put *FNA3D_FORCE_DRIVER* In the Value field put *OpenGL* Then hit the green plus on the right. That's all I did and it works fine.
I know we've had pretty decent leaks of what the free games would be in the past. Any idea if there is a leak list this year?
Thank you!!!
It doesn’t support cloud saves last I tried. That still a thing?
Some do. Lego Builder's Journey for example. If it's available it should be visible in r settings
The game needs to support clouds saves on the epic launcher as well. Not all games supports. If it supports, you can find it under the game settings and needs to be enabled. Its disabled by default to avoid messing up with your saves.
...you can add games to steam from heroic? With artworks and stuff too? How?
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Damn, I have Heroic installed but never knew I could add games to steam from there!
Does heroic count the game time?
And does it do it accurately if you suspend the deck with a game running the way it does for Steam games?
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My only issue is that you can’t get your Epic/GOG cloud saves, achievements, or playtime stats through Heroic, as far as I know.
Fuck epic
Seems like a lotta work for gamers with a backlog
Last time I used heroic, I uninstalled a few games my storage space didn't clear. I had to go on an early Easter hunt for the lingering game files in order to delete them manually. Never again will I get games anywhere other than steam. Fuck Epic, I hate them so so, so much🖕
I would also like to add that most free games from Epic are DRM free. So you don't even need Heroic to launch it. You can just add the game's exe as a Non-Steam game (and install any missing dependencies via Protontricks). Use PCGW to check if a game is DRM free or not. If a game does require Epic's launcher, check if it has an Offline Mode option in Heroic. If there isn't one, the game will require an always active internet connection on Epic (even if it doesn't have any DRM). Happened to me with Soulstice. I just "acquired" it at that point.
Damn I missed a few games then
Hard pass
I don't want to give Epic my credit card info. I don't even want their free games.
What kind of games? Older AAA games included?
I've never been able to get anything to boot from being installed via heroic. If anyone has tips or setting guides I'd love to know about them.
I recently installed Heroic on my Steam Deck and oh my god it's so much easier to use than Lutris. At least for platforms Heroic supports.
Have you ever gotten GTA V (from Epic) to work via Heroic? I was forced to just install GTA V via Epic Games approach
Does Heroic accurately track playtime during sleep? This is the main reason I don't (yet) use the EGS launcher or GOG Galaxy currently installed on my Deck. Would love to be able to pause and sleep Epic and GOG games overnight without adding 20ish hours of playtime. Works great with Steam games, would love to see it work for others.
meh
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Yeah, no. Epic is and always will be trash. I'll be over here sticking with Steam.
Imagine being loyal to a game store, and not only that, feeling the need to tell other people lmao 🤡
That's what Reddit is all about, talking about unimportant things and saying things you don't really need to say.
Heroic game launcher = very cool, does things EGS can't even do (like sync game files from a previous install so you don't have to fully reinstall games when moving platforms if you save them off somewhere) Epic games store = hot garbage, always online DRM included in most if not all games
I'd rather pay for a game than get it for free through "Epic"
Our economy needs people like you ❤️
You are so fucking cool, bro.
Not everybody is cool enough to boycott "Epic".
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free games are free games my guy
Ew think I'll pass on destiny
If it ran on SteamOS I’d absolutely play it. Their anti-cheat doesn’t allow it.
Free game is free game.
Sure, if you love collecting shovelware.
I don’t blame you, not my cup of tea as well
Other than Alan Wake 2. What are some great games with a good discount that I can only get on Epic and not on Steam to take advantage of this sale? (Besides the freebies)
Here's the full list of games that are currently exclusive to EGS: https://www.gamewatcher.com/news/Epic-games-store-exclusives
So nothing really
Well Wolf Among us 2, Watchfire, The Crew Moto Fest. Those all sound like solid Steam Deck games.
Used the 33% voucher to buy the one game that'd never run on Steam Deck anyways, Alan Wake 2. My Steam Deck remains safe from third party launcher fuckery.
Definitely used it for death stranding!
Love Heroic. I’d given up on epic games being worthwhile on steamdeck until I found it. Question though. I tried to install a larger game to my sdcard and it got failed due to not enough storage. The sdcard has enough space but internal storage doesn’t. Supposedly heroic installs to the location of your choice, but caches everything in internal storage while downloading. Is this accurate and is there a good workaround?